2022–23 SV Sandhausen season

The 2022–23 season was the 107th in the history of SV Sandhausen and their 11th consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in the 2. Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.

SV Sandhausen

2022–23 season
Chairman	Jürgen Machmeier
Head coach	Alois Schwartz
Stadium	BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald
2. Bundesliga	18th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Players

As of 31 January 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Patrick Drewes 2 DF  RUS Aleksandr Zhirov 3 DF  BIH Dario Đumić 5 MF  GER Marcel Mehlem (on loan from SC Paderborn) 6 MF  GER Abu-Bekir El-Zein 8 MF  GER Christian Kinsombi 9 FW  CZE Matěj Pulkrab 10 MF  GER David Kinsombi 11 FW  GER Philipp Ochs 14 FW  MAR Hamadi Al Ghaddioui 15 DF  GER Immanuel Höhn 17 MF  GER Erik Zenga 18 DF  GER Dennis Diekmeier (captain) 19 DF  KOS Bashkim Ajdini 20 MF  GER Kerim Çalhanoğlu (on loan from FC Schalke 04)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  AUT Marcel Ritzmaier 23 FW  TUR Ahmed Kutucu (on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir) 24 MF  GER Merveille Papela (on loan from Mainz 05) 25 DF  SEN Oumar Diakhité 26 MF  GER Janik Bachmann 27 DF  GER Arne Sicker 29 FW  SUI Kemal Ademi (on loan from Khimki) 30 FW  GER Alexander Esswein 32 DF  GER Raphael Framberger (on loan from Augsburg) 33 GK  GER Nikolai Rehnen 36 DF  GER Chima Okoroji 37 MF  ISR Joseph Ganda 38 FW  CMR Franck Evina 40 GK  GER Benedikt Grawe

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Vincent Schwab (at Eintracht Trier until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

SV Sandhausen v TuS Mingolsheim

18 June 2022 Friendly	SV Sandhausen	10–0	TuS Mingolsheim	Bad Schönborn
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: TuS Sportpark

Fortuna Heddesheim v SV Sandhausen

19 June 2022 Friendly	Fortuna Heddesheim	0–7	SV Sandhausen	Heddesheim
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Rasenplatz Fortuna Heddesheim NR

SV Sandhausen v Sepsi OSK

30 June 2022 Friendly	SV Sandhausen	3–0	Sepsi OSK	St. Ulrich am Pillersee, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trybull 17' Esswein 71', 100'			Stadium: Sportplatz St. Ulrich

SV Sandhausen v FC Astoria Walldorf

5 July 2022 Friendly	SV Sandhausen	3–1	FC Astoria Walldorf	Bad Schönborn
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: TuS Sportpark

FC Augsburg v SV Sandhausen

8 July 2022 Friendly	FC Augsburg	1–1	SV Sandhausen	Augsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Caligiuri 37'		Pulkrab 84'	Stadium: Rasenplatz Zusmarshausen Hauptfeld Attendance: 2,000

Basel v SV Sandhausen

20 November 2022 Friendly	Basel	0–0	SV Sandhausen	Münchenstein, Switzerland
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Nachwuchs-Campus Basel

SV Sandhausen v Rheindorf Altach

25 November 2022 Friendly	SV Sandhausen	0–0	Rheindorf Altach	Eislingen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Eichenbachstadion

Eintracht Frankfurt v SV Sandhausen

2 December 2022 Friendly	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–1	SV Sandhausen	Frankfurt
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Borré 7', 77' Alario 27' Tuta 48' Alidou 49'		Đumić 84'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park

SV Sandhausen v Spartak Trnava

14 January 2023 Tipsport Malta Cup	SV Sandhausen	3–0	Spartak Trnava	Malta
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Çalhanoğlu 2' Kinsombi 23' Diakhité 78'	Report	Curma  52'	Referee: Slobodan Petrovic

SV Sandhausen v Zlín

17 January 2023 Tipsport Malta Cup	SV Sandhausen	v	Zlín	Malta
14:00 CET (UTC+1)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	16 July 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	18th	34	7	7	20	35	63	−28	020.59
DFB-Pokal	31 July 2022	7 February 2023	First round	Round of 16	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	033.33
Total					37	8	8	21	41	67	−26	021.62

Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2022–23 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
14	1. FC Nürnberg	34	10	9	15	32	49	−17	39
15	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	9	9	16	42	59	−17	36
16	Arminia Bielefeld (R)	34	9	7	18	50	62	−12	34	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	Jahn Regensburg (R)	34	8	7	19	34	58	−24	31	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	SV Sandhausen (R)	34	7	7	20	35	63	−28	28

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[2]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	2	0	0	3	1	+2	0	0	1	1	2	−1

Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W
Position	5	10

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[3]

2. Bundesliga match details

Match	Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
1	16 July 2022	13:00	Arminia Bielefeld	Home	2–1	Kinsombi 11', 63'	4,709	[4]
2	22 July 2022	18:30	Darmstadt 98	Away	1–2	Zhirov 24'	13,620	[5]
3	5 August 2022	18:30	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Home	1–0	Bachmann 46'	4,671	[6]
4	13 August 2022	13:00	Karlsruher SC	Away	2–3	Kinsombi 10', Kutucu 61'	14,778	[7]
5	20 August 2022	13:00	1. FC Nürnberg	Home	1–2	Ajdini 33'	5,701	[8]
6	28 August 2022	13:30	Holstein Kiel	Away	0–1		10,006	[9]
7	4 September 2022	13:30	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Home	0–0		11,378	[10]
8	11 September 2022	13:30	FC St. Pauli	Away	1–1	Kinsombi 71'	29,546	[11]
9	16 September 2022	18:30	Hannover 96	Home	2–3	Kinsombi 56' pen., Ajdini 73'	4,137	[12]
10	1 October 2022	13:00	Greuther Fürth	Away	1–1	Esswein 12'	8,637	[13]
11	9 October 2022	13:30	1. FC Magdeburg	Home	1–0	Kinsombi 74'	5,211	[14]
12	16 October 2022	13:30	SC Paderborn	Away	0–3		9,663	[15]
13	22 October 2022	13:00	Jahn Regensburg	Away	1–2	Esswein 12'	8,123	[16]
14	30 October 2022	13:30	Eintracht Braunschweig	Home	2–2	Bachmann 65', Kinsombi 80'	4,729	[17]
15	4 November 2022	18:30	Hansa Rostock	Away	1–0	Kinsombi 45'	24,500	[18]
16	9 November 2022	18:30	1. FC Heidenheim	Home	3–4	Papela 50', Kinsombi 76', Esswein 80'	3,471	[19]
17	12 November 2022	13:00	Hamburger SV	Away	2–4	Soukou 50', Kinsombi 68'	55,246	[20]
18	29 January 2023	13:30	Arminia Bielefeld	Away	2–1	Kinsombi 13', Esswein 33'	18,300	[21]
19	3 February 2023	18:30	Darmstadt 98	Home	0–4		7,254	[22]
20	12 February 2023	13:30	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Away	0–2		22,125	[23]
21	19 February 2023	13:30	Karlsruher SC	Home	0–3		7,876	[24]
22	25 February 2023	13:00	1. FC Nürnberg	Away	0–1		26,260	[25]
23	4 March 2023	13:00	Holstein Kiel	Home	1–1	Evina 90+5'	3,603	[26]
24	10 March 2023	18:30	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Away	2–2	Kutucu 8', Evina 80'	39,779	[27]
25	19 March 2023	13:30	FC St. Pauli	Home	0–5		7,642	[28]
26	1 April 2023	13:00	Hannover 96	Away	1–3	Kinsombi 14'	22,400	[29]
27	9 April 2023	13:30	Greuther Fürth	Home	0–2		4,951	[30]
28	15 April 2023	13:00	1. FC Magdeburg	Away	2–1	Đumić 25', 66'	23,156	[31]
29	23 April 2023	13:30	SC Paderborn	Home	2–2	Ademi 31', Evina 48'	3,806	[32]
30	30 April 2023	13:30	Jahn Regensburg	Home	2–1	Papela 16', Đumić 52'	5,243	[33]
31	7 May 2023	13:30	Eintracht Braunschweig	Away	1–2	Zhirov 88'	20,000	[34]
32	12 May 2023	18:30	Hansa Rostock	Home	1–2	Bachmann 54'	7,013	[35]
33	20 May 2023	13:00	1. FC Heidenheim	Away	0–1		14,300	[36]
34	28 May 2023	15:30	Hamburger SV	Home	0–1		12,320

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2022–23 DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal match details

Round	Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round	31 July 2022	13:00	Schwarz-Weiß Rehden	Away[a]	4–0	Bachmann 23', 45', Kutucu 32', Zhirov 51'	1,500	[38]
Second round	19 October 2022	18:00	Karlsruher SC	Home	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Ambrosius 8' o.g., Zhirov 44'	8,644	[39]
Round of 16	7 February 2023	18:00	SC Freiburg	Home	0–2		11,782	[40]

Notes

1. Match played at Sportplatz Waldsportstätten, Rehden

References

1. "Unser team" [Our team] (in German). SV Sandhausen. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
2. "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL). 4 March 2023. p. 3.
3. "DFL veröffentlicht 2. Bundesliga-Spielplan 2022/23 im Juni". kicker.de (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
4. "SV Sandhausen - Arminia Bielefeld 2:1 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net.
5. "SV Darmstadt 98 - SV Sandhausen 2:1 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 2. Round)". worldfootball.net.
6. "SV Sandhausen - Fortuna Düsseldorf 1:0 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 3. Round)". worldfootball.net.
7. "Karlsruher SC - SV Sandhausen 3:2 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 4. Round)". worldfootball.net.
8. "SV Sandhausen - 1. FC Nürnberg 1:2 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 5. Round)". worldfootball.net.
9. "Holstein Kiel - SV Sandhausen 1:0 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 6. Round)". worldfootball.net.
10. "SV Sandhausen - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0:0 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 7. Round)". worldfootball.net.
11. "FC St. Pauli - SV Sandhausen 1:1 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 8. Round)". worldfootball.net.
12. "SV Sandhausen - Hannover 96 2:3 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 9. Round)". worldfootball.net.
13. "SpVgg Greuther Fürth - SV Sandhausen 1:1 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 10. Round)". worldfootball.net.
14. "SV Sandhausen - 1. FC Magdeburg 1:0 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 11. Round)". worldfootball.net.
15. "SC Paderborn 07 - SV Sandhausen 3:0 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 12. Round)". worldfootball.net.
16. "Jahn Regensburg - SV Sandhausen 2:1 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 13. Round)". worldfootball.net.
17. "SV Sandhausen - Eintracht Braunschweig 2:2 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 14. Round)". worldfootball.net.
18. "Hansa Rostock - SV Sandhausen 0:1 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 15. Round)". worldfootball.net.
19. "SV Sandhausen - 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 3:4 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 16. Round)". worldfootball.net.
20. "Hamburger SV - SV Sandhausen 4:2 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 17. Round)". worldfootball.net.
21. "Arminia Bielefeld - SV Sandhausen 1:2 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 18. Round)". worldfootball.net.
22. "SV Sandhausen - SV Darmstadt 98 0:4 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 19. Round)". worldfootball.net.
23. "Fortuna Düsseldorf - SV Sandhausen 2:0 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 20. Round)". worldfootball.net.
24. "SV Sandhausen - Karlsruher SC 0:3 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 21. Round)". worldfootball.net.
25. "1. FC Nürnberg - SV Sandhausen 1:0 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 22. Round)". worldfootball.net.
26. "SV Sandhausen - Holstein Kiel 1:1 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 23. Round)". worldfootball.net.
27. "1. FC Kaiserslautern - SV Sandhausen 2:2 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 24. Round)". worldfootball.net.
28. "SV Sandhausen - FC St. Pauli 0:5 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 25. Round)". worldfootball.net.
29. "Hannover 96 - SV Sandhausen 3:1 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 26. Round)". worldfootball.net.
30. "SV Sandhausen - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0:2 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 27. Round)". worldfootball.net.
31. "1. FC Magdeburg - SV Sandhausen 1:2 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 28. Round)". worldfootball.net.
32. "SV Sandhausen - SC Paderborn 07 2:2 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 29. Round)". worldfootball.net.
33. "SV Sandhausen - Jahn Regensburg 2:1 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 30. Round)". worldfootball.net.
34. "Eintracht Braunschweig - SV Sandhausen 2:1 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 31. Round)". worldfootball.net.
35. "SV Sandhausen - Hansa Rostock 1:2 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 32. Round)". worldfootball.net.
36. "1. FC Heidenheim 1846 - SV Sandhausen 1:0 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 33. Round)". worldfootball.net.
37. "SV Sandhausen - Hamburger SV 0:1 (2. Bundesliga 2022/2023, 34. Round)". worldfootball.net.
38. "Bachmann leitet souveränen Sandhäuser Sieg ein". kicker.
39. "Ersatztorhüter Rehnen wird zum Helden: Sandhausen schlägt KSC im Elfmeterschießen". kicker.
40. "Unglücksrabe Al Ghaddioui: Freiburg müht sich ins Viertelfinale". kicker.